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Essays 1681 - 1710

Civil Disobedience and the Vietnam War

act of not being obedient. He contrasted the longevity of nature with the ethereal nature of that manmade contrivance we call gov...

Leviticus and Christianity

does not have a split hoof; it is ceremonially unclean for you." As this suggests, only animals that chewed its cue and possessed ...

Juvenile Gang Activity

While gangs are a part and parcel of the culture today, the concept of juvenile delinquency is rather elusive. Many do not dub chi...

Imagery in Aguilar’s Luminous Cities

about Aguilars work, one author notes the following in relationship to intertextuality: "The concept of intertexuality thus dramat...

Anselm’s Ontological Arguments

by humanity, without turning to any other body of factual information or knowledge. In other words, it is possible for people to c...

Alphonse Mucha & Art Nouveau

"Gismonda" led to long-term association between the Mucha and Sarah Bernhardt, as he produced not only posters for the actress, bu...

Reflections on Bilingual Education Readings

the web of life are connected to societal paradigms and the need to move away from past behavior patterns of violence, mechanizati...

An Examination of Leadership

a goal, a direction, an objective, a vision, a dream, a path, a reach" (p.7). How do the individuals just noted demonstrate a visi...

Chinookan Economy

with all the amenities associated with those villages, these people had the time and the resources to develop other aspects of the...

African American Forms of Narrative

wish to purchase his children," but this was never allowed (Jacobs 11). Her life changed forever when she came into the ownership ...

Paul Dunbar’s Use of Double Consciousness

all tears and sighs?" (Dunbar "We Wear"). In other words, the world is callous and pays no heed to the pain that it causes, but D...

Hunter Thompson/Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

downers, screamers, (and) laughers (Thompson 4). Additionally, their arsenal against sober perception also includes "a quart of te...

Considerations in Standardized Testing

structures, are differentially activated when a story is interpreted. A students racial background and culture are particularly ...

Chivalry

for both of these elements are indicative of the distinction between ordinary love and that which extols virtue, honor and courage...

Nursing Student Evaluation/Social Issues and Ethics

and * Student presentations (50.6 percent" (Burkemper, et al, 2007, p. 14). Less than one third of the courses surveyed indicat...

General Psychology Questions

Aristotles views are valuable to modern psychology because they have overcome any attempts at disproval and still stand as viable ...

Differences/Liberals, Democrats, Republicans, Conservatives

Today, this term is used in a derogatory sense by conservatives to mean people who support "big government and wasteful, giveaway ...

Edward Jones/The Known World

As this suggests, the novel abounds in paradoxes. Moses, the cruel overseer, did not murder his wife and child, but actually sent ...

Gatsby & The American Dream

her well-loved eyes" (Fitzgerald 111). As this suggests, Gatsbys many possessions and signs of extreme wealth are not important ...

Supervision & Teacher Evaluation

(Sparks and Hirsh). Four operational principles are instrumental in achieving results-driven education. These are having "1) clari...

Employee Discipline

wanted. It might be that they are let go after all. In most situations, employees are retained, and warned, but much depends upon ...

Images of Nursing

when nurses are needed the most, which is when we are ill (line 12). This is when "Nurses come through, with their care and goodwi...

Social Media in Small Businesses

Nowadays, nearly every single business, large and small, can be found on the internet. It is no wonder that the internet is now ou...

Importance of Ignatian Spirituality

today, the word "spirituality" is encountered with amazing frequency, considering the secular nature of modern society. There are ...

Five Leadership Theories

of trait theories is that a person is born with leadership traits. In other words, these theories argue that leaders are born, not...

In Support of Capital Punishment

The death penalty, as controversial as it may be, should be valid option in todays criminal justice system. Unless such a radical...

Future Projections in Fahrenheit 451

stunned by death of old woman and Clarisse B. Montags wife and friends watch TV to avoid thinking of war C. reflected in contempor...

Ethics and Community Policing

In order to be effective community corrections must be structured around ethical principles and police behavior must reflect that ...

The Healing Applications of the Hypnotic Technique

Hypnosis is sometimes regarded more as a parlor trick than as an effective approach to influencing human behavior and...

Reaganomics and Obamanomics: A Comparison

The economy having been stressed by a diminished work force, hyper-inflation, and a large deficit stemming from mired involvement ...